Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-07
Commissioners meet Monday.
Hibbs was sent up for five years.
The stove herders are happy these


Keep your bobsleds handy. Winter
isn't over yet.
Oil your snow shovel and the snow
will not stick.
The health of the community is
reasonably good.
The new year opened with lovely
weather overhead.
The snow did not stay long enough
to make good sleghine.
This climate can furnish any kind of
weather on short notice.
Court has adjourned and the jurors
have all returned home.
Ploughs are running, and still the
almanacs say it is mid-wnter.
The press of this territory are gener-
ally in favor of woman suffrage.
Your sign in the Press will never be
blown down and damaged by u wind
storm.
The man who undertakes to cheat an
editor or lawyer has big contract ON
his hands.
Now that the holidays are over you
had better lay out plan of your sum
mers work.
One of the Hartman children was
severely scalded during the week by u
pitcher of hot tea.
The brass band will give musical
entertainment and dance on good old
st. Valentines day.
Idaho county contributed $6l5 worth
of poll tax receipts to the territorial
treasury last year.
Jesse Farmer was down from Miller's
camp last week and will spend the win
ter OH Salmon river.
Mrs. Hawley and son arrived from
California Wednesday evening and are
domicled at the hotel.
Don't expect to get through life with
out more or less trouble. Every heart
kno weth its own bitterness
Master Lee Yates inflicted very
severe cut on his foot last week while
cutting timber in the mountains.
Prof. Ross and Mr.. Church wish us
to return thanks for the royal treatment
they received on their recent visit.
The holiday season closed with ball
at the court house new years eve,
which was attended by seventy couples.
Mr.. Shearer, of Salmon river, WAS on
the prairie to spend the holidays and
returned home Nj Jnday alter pleasant
time.
An entertainment will be given at the
Grange hail on or about the 2Jth cf this
month for the benefit of the G. II. q.
Academy.
The branch of Three mile west of thu
Wilson place was running. head o
water big enough to swim a horse al
day yesterday.
Parties desiring dental work done will
find j. IL. McC.llie at his office i'll TIL
drug store every day between the hour
OF 8 A. NJ. and p. NJ.
People who want a paper giving al
the local news and just the thing to sen
to their friends in the states, will lin
the FREE Pass measuring up to thel
requirements.
+. G.. Addison has built a tmbe
chute OH the Telcher gulch, a distanc
of 400 yards for the purpose of gettin
j out rail timber, and it works quit
successfully.
Hon. John HALEY is suffering
severe spell of sickness at the nations
capital, but he is still able to transa
: the business of his constituents wit
~ the departments.
A good way to catch cold is to rus
:, out of a hot room into the cold OF IL
), street, and hurry along with the moul
open for breathing, instead OF keepiI
the lips tightly closed and breathii
through the nostris.
Under our laws marriages must
:, recorded within thirty days from da
:, of ceremony, otherwise the officiatli
: person is subject to certain pains al
- penalties. Ministers, justices and othe
- will take notice and act accordingly.
s. DIED, December %, 1886, at Fairvie
,e Jas. f. Rice, aged 10 years. Deceas'
o. was the father of assessor John N. Rie
ID He came to Oregon in 1874 and reside
If in Douglas county up to two years a
10 when he came TO the prairie. III
ty remains were inferred in the Fairvie
~ cemetery.
lv Ii. G. Brown, of Mt. Idaho, offers
N sale, at the original cost price, large
II of California and Oregon made clothl
's - consisting of mems, gents boys al
il chldren's clothing. The entire sto
nd was selected carefully with espec